
Trusting the Lord when suffering comes (Part 1)
God wants to reorient our minds and hearts around how He uses suffering for His glory. He wants us to hope in the middle of suffering.

God wants to reorient our minds and hearts around how He uses suffering for His glory. He wants us to hope in the middle of suffering.

Six decades ago, a horrific act of racially motivated violence proved to be the blast heard around the world.

All your sleepless nights? God sees. All the tears you’ve cried? God sees. God sees your broken heart, He sees your suffering, He sees your anxiety.

The story here is nuanced. We’re confident that both beliefs and behaviors have changed for many over the last 25 years. But we’re also arguing that belonging is more of an issue than belief for millions of dechurched evangelicals.

Discover what the people in your community think about you as a local church. That perception of what you’re known for allows you to understand how much you need to change their minds. Or it may allow you to better serve them.

“Pursuing holiness was never designed by God to be a plan for financial riches,” Scott McConnell said. “The size of one’s finances is not the measure of anyone’s service to God nor relationship with Him.”

Does it make sense for a man who has everything to ultimately decide that it will leave you feeling empty? From a secular worldview it doesn’t make sense, but from a biblical worldview, we understand what Solomon is saying.

All Christians have the responsibility and opportunity to think deeply about God. When we know Him better, we can love Him better.

God wants to reorient our minds and hearts around how He uses suffering for His glory. He wants us to hope in the middle of suffering.

Six decades ago, a horrific act of racially motivated violence proved to be the blast heard around the world.

All your sleepless nights? God sees. All the tears you’ve cried? God sees. God sees your broken heart, He sees your suffering, He sees your anxiety.

The story here is nuanced. We’re confident that both beliefs and behaviors have changed for many over the last 25 years. But we’re also arguing that belonging is more of an issue than belief for millions of dechurched evangelicals.

Discover what the people in your community think about you as a local church. That perception of what you’re known for allows you to understand how much you need to change their minds. Or it may allow you to better serve them.

“Pursuing holiness was never designed by God to be a plan for financial riches,” Scott McConnell said. “The size of one’s finances is not the measure of anyone’s service to God nor relationship with Him.”

Does it make sense for a man who has everything to ultimately decide that it will leave you feeling empty? From a secular worldview it doesn’t make sense, but from a biblical worldview, we understand what Solomon is saying.

All Christians have the responsibility and opportunity to think deeply about God. When we know Him better, we can love Him better.

God wants to reorient our minds and hearts around how He uses suffering for His glory. He wants us to hope in the middle of suffering.

Six decades ago, a horrific act of racially motivated violence proved to be the blast heard around the world.

All your sleepless nights? God sees. All the tears you’ve cried? God sees. God sees your broken heart, He sees your suffering, He sees your anxiety.

The story here is nuanced. We’re confident that both beliefs and behaviors have changed for many over the last 25 years. But we’re also arguing that belonging is more of an issue than belief for millions of dechurched evangelicals.

Discover what the people in your community think about you as a local church. That perception of what you’re known for allows you to understand how much you need to change their minds. Or it may allow you to better serve them.

“Pursuing holiness was never designed by God to be a plan for financial riches,” Scott McConnell said. “The size of one’s finances is not the measure of anyone’s service to God nor relationship with Him.”

Does it make sense for a man who has everything to ultimately decide that it will leave you feeling empty? From a secular worldview it doesn’t make sense, but from a biblical worldview, we understand what Solomon is saying.

All Christians have the responsibility and opportunity to think deeply about God. When we know Him better, we can love Him better.
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